Pinoy Respect

[Flagg]

Kami ng anak ko "gimme five" ang greeting.

Sa mga elderlies, kiss. Walang gustong mano e... nakakatanda daw.

[OTO]

Using "po" "opo" and the "mano" are specific to certain areas of the Philippines. AFAIK the Tagalog popularized it.

I rarely do the "po" & "opo" seeming i know few ppl who practice it. Only do so when I talk to people expecting all three.

[Alpha_One]

^^it's true that po and opo are specific to areas in the Philippines. My family, father side, is Chavacano (Zamboanga City) and none of them expect the po/opo when I talk to them in Tagalog. I remember as a child my when grandaunt actually "rejected" my po-at-opo kasi sabi niya "wala namang ganyan samin kaya okey lang". Kahit naman mag-Tagalog ako eh kadalasan sinasagot ako ng Chavacano (kasi alam nilang nakakaintindi ako - observers might find this awkward). By default however, I use the expression, lessening the usage gradually as my friendship with the person I'm talking to grows. As for mano, I only do so when the person expects it to (or my grandma thinks so, heheh).

[OTO]

I think it unfair & a waste of money that the govt's creating programs to impose this practice to areas that do not inherently practice it. Then again the govt isnt known to make that good use of funds in the first place. Maybe they could crease the Philippine Aeronautics and Space Agency or PASA as a blackhole where money can be poured into and never see again.

[Alpha_One]

IMO, teaching culture-specific "respectful" formalities should be taught by parents, and not the government (in schools, et al). Common courtesy yes, but formalities no.

[GlennSter]

yep..it all starts at home...

[KoKoNAT]

All the time...

[artpogi]

my nieces/nephews who grew up in the States still use the "PO" and "OPO" and nagmamano pa din naman.

Kami naman dito, syempre always.

[yuichi]

"yan ang ayaw ko dito sa US, parang disposable mga elderlies"-FXT

ganyan nga sila no?


mano oo, pero PO and OPO sa amin sa pampanga di ginagamit sa parents, unless laking manila, so usually sa mga ibang nakakatanda oo.

[FrankDrebin]

IMO, sa akin depende kung karapatdapat bang galangin yung mga elderly.

[karlbo]

sa family namin.. hindi mano ang nakagawian namin... KISS sa chicks as a sign of respect... pag nagkikita... pag dating, bago umalis ng bahay...

sa mga lolo at lola ganun din.. paminsan nalang yung mano...

Siyempre the use of "po" and "opo" is still there... hindi na maaalis yun... magagalang tayong mga pilipino eh... depende nalang siguro kung panu sila pinalaki ng mga magulang nila....

[empy]

yeah, my standard greeting to female relatives is a kiss or kiss/hug.

especially to a particular third cousin for whom i have a certain.....fondness

if it's so wrong, then i don't want to be right!!! :evillaugh

[chain]

we always use po and opo. since we were kids, we were explicitly taught to respect the elderly. and syempre kasama na rin dun yung mano and kiss.

my dad's has 11 other siblings. same for my mom. so medyo nagkakagulo pagdating sa family get-together. andaming nagmamano and humahalik!

[theveed]

Ako di ako pinoy, pero nakasanayan nadin mag po at opo dahil tinuturuan yung niece ko nung bata pa sya and now anak ko... pag 2nd nature na, you'll be surprised how pleasant your sentence will sound like when you insert those 2 or 3 letters into it hehe...

[wren]

IMO, sa akin depende kung karapatdapat bang galangin yung mga elderly.

i agree. i respect my elders in general, pero pag bastos sila sa akin, mawawala yung respeto ko sa kanila.

[CVT]

Opo.

And I am instilling the same sense of respect to our kids and nephews/nieces.

[mazdamazda]

sa bahay... kapag sila dumating or ako dumating... nag mamano ako MINSAN. hehe.

pero yung kiss after simba hindi.

kapag nasa probinsya kami... katakot takot na mano kung kani kanino.

[erict]

wala pong "equivalent" sa visayas (where i grew up) ang po/ho kaya di po ako natuto sa paggamit nito. pero nong nag college ako sa manila and thereafter, natuto na rin po akong gamitin ito lalo na pagkaharap ko ang mas nakakatanda sakin. yun nga lang po minsan ay medyo baluktot ang paggamit ko nito(kahit tagalog ko minsan baluktot din hehe) kasi di po ako sanay.

wala akong nakikitang masama sa paggamit nito pwera lang kung yung tono ng nagsasalita ay di naman kagalang-galang. tulad ng mga security guard na mayayabang.. "pssst huy! bawal po pumarada dyan!!" may PO nga pero ang sama naman ng tono.

tama ka dyan...yung bayaw ko na Ilonggo, ayaw nyang magmano sa father ko kaya pati mga anak nya(mga pamangkin ko) nde sanay dahil walang Po + OPO + Mano sa kanila... ang hirap ngang sitain kapag nandoon ang tatay nila, pero lahat kami ginagawa pa rin namin yon.

[kyle618]

i dont dare to use po or opo when talking to my grandparents... baka suntukin ako. chinese ksi e. hahahha

[GlennSter]

i dont dare to use po or opo when talking to my grandparents... baka suntukin ako. chinese ksi e. hahahha

how come? my gf's parents are pure chinese but when i talk to them with po and opo gustong gusto nila?